EditorialOchiyo and Hanbei take off, Ochiya and her husband Hanbei, looking up at a cuckoo, under an umbrella, elopement, running away, Torii Kiyonaga (mentioned on object), 1780 - 1784, paper, colour woodcut, h 712 mm × w 122 mm.
EditorialThe Actors Segawa Kikunojo I as Ochiyo and Nakamura Shichisaburo II as Hanbei in the play "Higashiyama Gojitsu Yaoya Hanbei," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eighth month, 1744. Torii Kiyonobu II; Japanese, active c. 1725-61. Date: 1744. Dimen...
EditorialThe Actors Ichikawa Ebizo II as Mushanosuke, Segawa Kikunojo I as Ochiyo, and Matsushima Kichisaburo as Ochiyo's spirit in the play "Higashiyama Gojitsu Yaoya Hanbei," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eighth month, 1744. Torii Kiyonobu II; Japa...
EditorialThe Actors Segawa Kikunojo I as Ochiyo and Nakamura Shichisaburo II as Hanbei in the play "Higashiyama Gojitsu Yaoya Hanbei," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eighth month, 1744. Torii Kiyonobu II; Japanese, active c. 1725-61. Date: 1744. Dimen...
EditorialThe Actors Ichikawa Ebizo II as Mushanosuke, Segawa Kikunojo I as Ochiyo, and Matsushima Kichisaburo as Ochiyo's spirit in the play "Higashiyama Gojitsu Yaoya Hanbei," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eighth month, 1744. Torii Kiyonobu II; Japa...
EditorialThe Actors Segawa Kikunojo I as Ochiyo and Nakamura Shichisaburo II as Hanbei in the play "Higashiyama Gojitsu Yaoya Hanbei," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eighth month, 1744. Torii Kiyonobu II; Japanese, active c. 1725-61. Date: 1744. Dimen...
EditorialThe Actors Ichikawa Ebizo II as Mushanosuke, Segawa Kikunojo I as Ochiyo, and Matsushima Kichisaburo as Ochiyo's spirit in the play "Higashiyama Gojitsu Yaoya Hanbei," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eighth month, 1744. Torii Kiyonobu II; Japa...
EditorialThe Actors Segawa Kikunojo I as Ochiyo and Matsushima Kichisaburo as Ochiyo's spirit in the play "Higashiyama Gojitsu Yaoya Hanbei," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eighth month, 1744. Torii Kiyomasu II; Japanese, 1706 (?)-1763 (?). Date: 1744...
EditorialThe Actors Ichikawa Ebizo II as Mushanosuke, Segawa Kikunojo I as Ochiyo, and Matsushima Kichisaburo as Ochiyo's spirit in the play "Higashiyama Gojitsu Yaoya Hanbei," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eighth month, 1744. Torii Kiyonobu II; Japa...
EditorialThe Actors Segawa Kikunojo I as Ochiyo and Nakamura Shichisaburo II as Hanbei in the play "Higashiyama Gojitsu Yaoya Hanbei," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eighth month, 1744. Torii Kiyonobu II; Japanese, active c. 1725-61. Date: 1744. Dimen...
EditorialKintoki Hanbei, from the series Legends of the Dragon Sword and the Thunderbolt of Absolute Truth. Date: second month 1863. Dimensions: 37 cm x 25 cm.
EditorialKabuki actor. Yakusha hama no masago (myriad actors, like sand o. Wakayama, 1805. The kabuki actor, Yoshizawa Hako (1755-1810) in the role of the courtesan, Hana Tachibana. Image taken from Yakusha hama no masago (myriad actors, like sand on a beach)....
EditorialTwo Kabuki actors. Yakusha hama no masago (myriad actors, like sand o. Wakayama, 1805. The actors Ichikawa Danzo IV (shiko) right, and Arashi Hinoisuka I (Koshichi) on the left. Image taken from Yakusha hama no masago (myriad actors, like sand on a be...